semicolon
punctuation mark typically used to separate clauses or list items, also used as a question mark in some languages
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semicolon
Summary
semicolon is an Unicode character[1]. semicolon ranks in the top 3% of unicode_character entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (753 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- semicolon is credited with the discovery of Aldus Manutius[3].
- semicolon's image is recorded as Semicolon.svg[4].
- semicolon's instance of is recorded as Unicode character[5].
- semicolon's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85119889[6].
- semicolon's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 17780557b[7].
- semicolon's subclass of is recorded as punctuation mark[8].
- semicolon's part of is recorded as emoticon[9].
- semicolon's has use is recorded as delimiter[10].
- semicolon's has use is recorded as question[11].
- semicolon's has use is recorded as program comment[12].
- semicolon's has use is recorded as covariant derivative[13].
- semicolon's Commons category is recorded as Semicolons[14].
- semicolon's Unicode character is recorded as ;[15].
- semicolon's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 67244[16].
- semicolon's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1494-00-00T00:00:00Z[17].
- semicolon's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0g5c7[18].
- semicolon's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0154004[19].
- semicolon's depicted by is recorded as ；[20].
- semicolon's depicted by is recorded as ﹔[21].
- semicolon's depicted by is recorded as ︔[22].
- semicolon's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[23].
- semicolon's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/semicolon[24].
- semicolon's different from is recorded as ; (U+037E)[25].
- semicolon's ISOCAT ID is recorded as 4313[26].
- semicolon's ISOCAT ID is recorded as 1446[27].
Body
Geography
semicolon's part of is recorded as emoticon[9].
Designation and Status
semicolon's instance of is recorded as Unicode character[5].
Why It Matters
semicolon ranks in the top 3% of unicode_character entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (753 views/month).[2] semicolon has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] semicolon is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]